“Aren’t Korean chickens small and tasteless?”; the local poultry industry revolts because of the difference in food culture

Taste columnist Hwang Kyo-ik remarks There is no change in taste due to the size of the chicken Proposal for public discussion Taste columnist Hwang Gyo-ik recently remarked on a personal social networking service (SNS) that “Korean chicken is small and tasteless,” and the domestic poultry industry countered that it was a “food culture difference.” Mr. Hwang recently posted on social media, "Korean broilers are almost the only ones in the world that are small, weighing only 1.5 kg," and said, "It has no taste and is more expensive per meat weight than the 3 kg that citizens around the world eat." His remarks sparked controversy. As the basis for this claim, Mr. Hwang presented ‘broiler management’ published by the Rural Development Administration in 2016. The data included contents that ‘the domestic chicken market mainly produces small-sized chickens weighing 1.5 kg’, and that ‘tasteless chickens are produced because they are slaughtered before taste-related factors are ...